PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an ailing passenger from a cruise ship 245 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., today.
Coast Guard watch standers at the Rescue Coordination Center Portsmouth, Va., received a call from the cruise ship Explorer of The Sea at [...]
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Coast Guard medevacs ailing cruise ship passenger
Coast Guard Coordinates Medevac of Cuban Migrants
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue efforts surrounding 12 Cuban migrants who were adrift in a raft approximately 300 miles south of New Orleans, yesterday.
Two are deceased, two are still missing, six were medevaced, and two are in good condition aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress.
At approximately 6 a.m. yesterday, the Coast [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliarist making the meals
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Auxiliary, an all-volunteer organization, provides aid for the Coast Guard in a myriad of ways such as conducting boating safety courses, helping out at Coast Guard boat stations, monitoring radios, and more, has found yet another unique way to take some weight off of the shoulders of Coast Guardsmen [...]
Coast Guard Helps Track Entangled Whale Off Oahu
HONOLULU – Coast Guard crews assisted members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration track an entangled whale calf Friday 28 miles southwest of Oahu.
The master of a fishing vessel initially spotted the entangled whale calf and called the Coast Guard at approximately 12:30 p.m.
A rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point was first [...]
Security Zones Established for Fleet Week 2008
MIAMI — Coast Guard, state and local law-enforcement agencies will be enforcing Naval Vessel Protection Zones within Port Everglades, between Monday and Saturday, for Fleet Week 2008.
In preparation for Fleet Week 2008 events, vessel movements may be temporarily restricted in the vicinity of Port Everglades south of the 17th Street bridge to north of the [...]
Coasat Guard Interdicts 61 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated 61 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday who were interdicted in four separate events.
A Customs and Border Protection aircrew located a go-fast vessel 53 miles southeast of Marathon, Fla., Monday, and provided that information to the Coast Guard. A smallboat crew from Coast [...]